Deutsche Schule Lissabon
| Deutsche Schule Lissabon | |
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Lisbon Portugal
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| Established | 1848 |
| Director | Renate Matthias |
| Grades | pre-school – 12th |
| Medium of language | German |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Website | http://www.dslissabon.com/ |
Deutsche Schule Lissabon (Portuguese: Escola Alemã de Lisboa, EAL; German School of Lisbon) is a German school situated in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon. It was founded in 1848 and is now located on the 2ª Circular, near Lisbon's Portela Airport. The school consists of a primary school with kindergarten and a secondary school. Whilst the primary school is mostly attended by German pupils the secondary school is not. In addition to the main campus in Lisbon there is also a campus in Estoril, Cascais.
The school was founded in 1848 and is thus the oldest German school on the Iberian peninsula. However, the school was founded more than once, other dates being 1895, when it was reopened after being closed for economic reasons for some years, 1922 when it was reopened after World War I, and in 1952 when it was reopened after world War II. The current location and the main buildings were inaugurated in 1963.
The German School consists of a kindergarten, a primary and a secondary school in Lisbon plus a kindergarten and primary school in Estoril, some 30 km outside Lisbon, where many German immigrants live.
In Lisbon, the primary school is physically divided from the secondary school: they have their own playgrounds etc. The buildings of the current primary school were inaugurated in 2008; the former buildings now accommodate the formerly overcrowded kindergartens.
After kindergarten the pupils go to the primary school which has grades 1 to 4. Usually there are two classes for each grade with around 20-25 pupils each. In primary school the pupils are mostly Germans, of German descendants or Portuguese children who had previously lived in Germany and thus speak German already. Classes are taught in German. Portuguese classes start in the second grade as "PaF", "Portugiesisch als Fremdsprache" ("Portuguese for foreigners"). After primary school the pupils are evaluated and a recommendation is made in which of the three categories of the German school system they should continue.(Hauptschule, Realschule, Gymnasium). However, the DSL does not have different classes for the categories, but students that are Haupt- or Realschule get a bonus on their marks.
Beginning with the fifth grade, each year has four classes, two with German as the main language and two further in Portuguese; thus it is able to call itself a "Begegnungsschule" ("school of encounters").
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